Psalms 114

1 When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,

2 Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion.

Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.

3 The sea saw it, and fled; the Jordan turned backward.

The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;

4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep.

the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?

Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep?

O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!